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With new video, Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota edges closer to Republican presidential race

Jun. 05, 2023 14:43 PM EDT

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum took another step toward entering the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, posting a YouTube video on Monday touting his rise from a small town boy to a self-made software entrepreneur and a successful governor who has cut red tape and taxes. ...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

Jun. 05, 2023 07:17 AM EDT

Dubuque Telegraph Herald. June 4, 2023. Editorial: A salute to all who make honor flights possible Nearly 200 local military veterans got the trip of a lifetime last week in one of the coolest traditions to ever honor any and all who wore the uniform. ...

DeSantis hits Trump from the right while the ex-president looks ahead to the general election

Jun. 04, 2023 10:48 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit his chief rival, Donald Trump, from the right. “This is a different guy than 2015, 2016,” DeSantis told a conservative radio host before slamming the...

Even Nebraska's nonpartisan Legislature is divided from acrimonious 2023 session

Jun. 02, 2023 20:46 PM EDT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has long prided itself on being a paragon of collegiality and function, as the only single-chamber, nonpartisan Legislature in the country. But after a vicious 2023 session in which the body of 49 lawmakers remained irreconcilably...

College student accused of setting fire to Wyoming's only abortion clinic pleads not guilty

Jun. 02, 2023 14:16 PM EDT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A college student who authorities say admitted setting fire to a building slated to become Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic pleaded not guilty to an arson charge in federal court on Friday. Standing next to her lawyer, Lorna Roxanne Green, 22,...

State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue

Jun. 02, 2023 12:31 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state's constitution will not be split into two separate issues — one about abortion, and one about other reproductive healthcare. In a unanimous...

Abortion plays key role in closely watched Virginia primary involving Democratic 'pro-life' lawmaker

Jun. 02, 2023 09:29 AM EDT

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — On a recent Monday afternoon, Virginia state Sen. Joe Morrissey got a warm reception as he made his way through a neighborhood in Petersburg, knocking on doors, touting his credentials and asking residents for their votes in the upcoming Democratic primary. ...

America's religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade's reversal

Jun. 02, 2023 08:39 AM EDT

In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways — some celebrating the state-level bans that have ensued, others angered that a conservative Christian cause has changed the...

Nebraska legislative session wraps with tax cuts, contentious trans health-abortion bill

Jun. 01, 2023 20:47 PM EDT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers adjourned for the year on Thursday, wrapping up a particularly contentious session that saw nearly every bill before the body filibustered. The filibuster effort led by Omaha Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh and a handful of allies was a protest over...

Air Force picks Colorado for more Space Force missions as politics loom over headquarters decision

May. 31, 2023 20:50 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force announced the permanent location for many more U.S. Space Force units Wednesday — and none of them are in Huntsville, Alabama, suggesting the service may be moving ahead with at least part of the design it originally sought for the new force before it became...